ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!

Life, 1919-11-20 · page 5 of 46

Life — November 20, 1919 — page 5: what you’re looking at

📖 Open the full issue in the page-flip reader →
Life — November 20, 1919 — page 5: Life, 1919-11-20

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The left side contains ads for **Fownes Gloves** and **Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen Ink**—standard commercial products. The dominant feature is a large **W.L. Douglas Shoes advertisement**. The ad includes a portrait (appears to be W.L. Douglas himself) and emphasizes the company's direct-to-consumer sales model that allegedly keeps prices lower than competitors. The ad claims W.L. Douglas shoes are "sold by 106" dealers and emphasizes value and quality craftsmanship. Below this is an **article titled "Ennui and the Laboring Classes,"** discussing how monotonous work and emotional stress affect workers. The article advocates for recreational outlets like dancing to relieve workers' emotional burdens. **No political cartoon or satire is present on this page**—it's a typical Life magazine advertising section with accompanying editorial content.

📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

to OWNE NAME IN EVERY PAIR No need to ask “what's the style” nor “will they wear?” Style and wear are “on hand” when you secure Fownes GLOVES FOR MEN. WOMEN & CHILDREN Ennui and the Laboring Classes DISTINGUISHED educator in- forms us that the present social unrest is due to the fact that the labor- ing classes have been forced to turn from the excitement of war-time to the monotony of everyday life. Thus their emotional demands are unsatis- fied and they are exposed to ennui. He advocates a lighter rein on amuse- ments, particularly dancing and mo- tion pictures, both of which furnish successful outlets for emotional en- ergy. The distinguished educator is not entirely successful in getting his thought across. The most disturbing phase of social unrest is that of the honest workingman who wishes to work only four hours a day and receive twelve hours’ pay for it. He is not much of a dancer; and if he had to UZ. “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE” 00 00 200 00 00 $522 $620 $720 $82 $90 & 310° You can save money by wearing W.L. Wp, Douglas shoes, the best known shoes in the world. Sold by 106 W. L. Douglas own stores and over 9000 shoe dealers, W.L. Douglas name and the retail price stamped on the bottom guarantees the best shoes in style, comfort and service that can be produced for the price. The stamped price is W. L Doug- las personal guarantee that the shoes are always worth the price paid forthem. The prices are the same everywhere—they cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. W.L. Douglas shoes are sold through our own stores direct to the wearer at one profit. All middlemen’s and manufacturing profits are eliminated. By this method of marketing our shoes, W. L. Douglas gives the wearer shoes at the lowest possible cost. r W.L. Douglas $7 and $8 shoes are absolutely the best shoe values for the money in this country. They are the leaders everywhere. W.L. Douglas $9 and $10 shoes are made throughout of the finest leather the market affords, with a style endorsed by the leaders of America’s fashion centers; they com- bine quality, style and comfort equal to other makes selling at higher prices. W.L. Douglas shoes are made by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. CAUTION—Insist upon having W. L. Douglas shoes with his name and price stamped on the bottom. If W. L. Douglas shoes cannot be obtained in your vicinity, orderdirect from factory by mail, Parcel Post charges prepaid. Write for illustrated Catalog showing how to order by mail. President W.L. Douglas Shoe Co., 147 Spark St. Brockton, Mass, 191 Broadway New York FOUNTAIN P Best for EN INK TERT ee A learn in order to work off his emotional energy, he'd have to strike two or | three more times in order to get the price to pay for his dancing lessons. And if there were a lighter rein on | dancing, and the shimmy became more | shimmyish, so to speak, the reform | element would immediately develop a large load of emotional energy and * would start emoting all over the place. When a person starts out to cure somebody else of an acute case of bore- dom, he usually becomes extremely bored himself. So if the laboring classes are exposed to ennui, they'd better be allowed to recover from their ennui in their own way. comichooks.com